Sectional roll



Jan 9, 1940 R. J. wlLKlE 2,186,890

SECTIONAL ROLL Filed May 5l, 1938 Patented Jan. 9', 1940 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SECTIONAL ROLL Application May 31,- 1938, Serial No. 210,851

2 Claims.

This invention relates to sectional rolls for use in wringing machines and the like, such, for example, as the roll disclosed in the patent to Crysler and Wilkie 2,107,471, and the object is to Si provide an improved construction for retaining in position the rubber or equivalent sections of such a roll, the construction having various advantages which will appear to those skilled in ,V the art as the description proceeds.

fi My invention will .be wen understood by reference to the following description of an illustrative embodiment thereof shown by way of example in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

y Fig. 1 is an elevation partly in section showing i5 a portion of the complete assembled roll;

Fig. 2 is a diametral section through one of the holding elements; and

Fig. 3 is a side elevation thereof.

Referring to the drawing, the roll there shown 2li is made of a number of ring-like sections 5 of rubber or the like each having an outer portion 6 of generally rectangular section, which portions are closely pressed together in side by side relation, an inner retaining portion comprising a 25 restricted neck 8 and a relatively enlarged base portion I 'defined by the laterally projecting flanges I2, these retaining portions being engaged by suitable holding members I5 to retain the sections 5 in position on the shaft I4. The sec- 30 tions may be of any suitable construction, as, for example, that more fully described in the patent just referred to.

To retain the rubber sections 5 on the shaft I4 I provide single unitary metallic holding mem- 35V bers I5 alternating between the adjacent sections, and these members may each comprise a hub or sleeve portion I6 having an axial length equivalent or substantially equal to the effective axial width of the working face of each of the rubber 410 sections 5. These hub portions I6 are adapted to be strung on the shaft and are provided with suitable keyways I8 whereby they are interlocked with the shaft to rotate therewith. Rising radially from the hub I6, and herein centrally thereof,

i5 is an annular web 20 provided with overhanging flanges 22 projecting therefrom in opposite directions.

When the several holding members and rubber sections are assembled in alternation on the shaft,

50 the iianges I2 on each of the rubber sections 5 are received beneath the overhanging flanges 22 of successive holding members I5 and held thereby. Usually terminal members I5a are provided, each being in eect a half of one of the sections I5, as will be well understood. 'I'he rubber sections 5 and the holding members I5 are subjected to a heavy axial pressure of several tons, for example, ten to twenty tons, and then locked in place on the shaft. The device here shown to hold the sections and holding members in place 5 may be used at either or both ends of the assembly and consists of an annular plate or end ange 24 which,having been axially placed in the proper position, is held in position by a split or two-part locking ring 26 seated in an annular" circum- 10 ferential groove in the shaft I4. An annular plate 28 having a recessed portion to flt the locking ring holds the locking ring in place, the plate itself being held to the end flange 24 by screws 30. The sections 5 are firmly gripped and held l5 tightly together between adjacent holding elements I5 with the hub portions I6 of the latter almost or barely touching each other beneath the centers of the sections 5 when the latter have been suitably compressed for service, as seen in Fig. 1.

By the construction of holding sections I5 here described a long bearing for each on the shaft is provided and a firm driving engagement therewith. The possibility of any of the sections tip- 25 ping to one side or the other and any consequent disarrangement of the bearing surface of the roll is minimized. The assembling of the roll is also facilitated since the hubs slide evenly with little tendency to bind on the shaft and the necessary 30 axial pressure is readily applied and effectively transmitted to the rubber sections 5. During use the shifting of the holding members is considerably reduced due to their long driving connection with the shaft, and wear on the shaft which might necessitate turning it down and replacement of the holding devices when it became necessary to replace the rubber sections is avoided.

In a construction such as is shown in the prior patent referred to, if any liquids nd their way between the abutting faces of the rubber sections,

a direct passage in a radial plane between the adjacent` holding elements to the shaft is possible. Any such seepage is likely to cause the shaft to rust and make the holding members bind thereon.

In the construction herein shown it is clear that any liquid entering between adjacent sections 5 before reaching the shaft must find its way through the rubber-to-metal joint, around the flange 22 to the surface of web 20 and along the sleeve portion I6, herein to the centralplane of the rubber section 5.

E I use the word rubber to include equivalents such as various mixtures and compounds of rubber, with or without such materials as iiber, as long as such equivalents meet the requirements oi a roll of the general character described.

I am aware that the invention may be embodied in other specic forms without departing from the spirit or essential attributes thereof, and I therefore desire the present embodiment to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive; reference being had to the appended claims rather than to the foregoing description to indicate the scope of the invention.

I claim:

1. A sectional roll comprising a central shaft, a series of holding members strung on the shaft, each (other than terminal members at the ends of the assembly) comprising a central sleeve or hub having provision for engaging it with the shaft to turn therewith and a single radial annulus rising from the hub having overhanging, oppositely directed ilanges, and ring-like rubber sections alternating with the holding members, said sections having outer portions in side by side contact and inner retaining portions comprising a reduced neck and an enlarged base each fitting beneath the adjacent anges of two successive holding members and resting on the hub portions, the latter in each integral member being of an axial length corresponding to the exterior axial width of the sections, the sections being retained by pressure axially applied to the series of holding members.

2. A sectional roll comprising a central shaft, a series of holding members strung on the shaft, each (other than terminal members at the ends of the assembly) comprising a central sleeve or hub having provision for engaging it with the shaft to turn therewith and a single radial annulus rising substantially centrally from the hub having overhanging, oppositely directed flanges, and ring-like rubber sections alternating with the holding members, said sections having outer portions in side by side contact and inner retaining portions comprising a reduced neck and an enlarged base each tting beneath the adjacent flanges of two successive holding members and resting on the adjacent hub portions of said successive members, the hub portion of each member being of an axial width corresponding to the exterior axial width of a section, the sections being retained by pressure axially applied to the series of holding members.

ROBERT J. WILKIE. 

